Log hauling and loading machine.



W. DEQUEDE, LOG HAULING AND LOADING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED mum, 1905. RENEWED JULY 27, 1909.

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W. DEQUEDE. LOG HAULING AND LOADING MACHINE.

APPLICATION I ED MAR.31, 1905, RENEWED JULY 27, 1909.

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APPLICATION PILBD MAR.31, 1905. RENEWED JULY 2:/, 1909.

Patented Mar. 8, 1910.

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UNITED STATES PATENT ormoa WILLIAM DEQUEDE, OF NEW ORLEANS," LOUISIANA.

140G HATILING AND LOADING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 8, 1910.

Application filed March 31,1905, Serial No. 2.53999. Renewed July 27,1309. Serial No. 509,888.

To all whom "it may concern:

Be it known. that I, Vvnmmiu: DEQUEDE, a subject of the'Emperor ofGermany, and a resident of the city of New Orleans, Orleans parish,State of Louisiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inLe 'I-laulingi and Loading Machines,- of which-the following is aspecification.v

My invention relates to certain novel and useful im rovements in amachine for hauling and oading logs and consists in the novelconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth inandfalling within the scope of the appended claims.

In the accompanyin drawings, like characters of'refer'ence in icate likeparts in all the views. r y Figure 1 is a view inelevation'of myimproved machine; Fig. 2 is a plan view; Fig.

3 is an end elevationyFig'i is a detail sectional view showing themanner of operatthe lifting parts.

Aswillbe'understood by those acquainted with mechanism of'thischaracter, my machine;- is adapted to be moved along a track to variouspoints, according to the'location of the logs, and 'to haul such logsfrom a distance to a. point alongside the machine and then load saidlogs upon the cars.

In the aeoompanyi-ngapplication, I have shown and descri (1 oneparticular embodiment of my invention but I do not wish to limit myse fto the precise structure which, for the sakeofillustration, I havedelineated.

Referring to the drawings, A indicates a platform and frame of-anypreferred charact'er'and of su'flicient strength to carry the weightof'the mechanism mounted thereon,

- B- and G are two engines arranged on the p1atorm, each having aplurality of drums, and-'bothelngin'es are supplied with steam from thesingle boiler D.

E'is a-mast vertically mounted near one endofthe platform, and ispreferably composed of two'inclined members which form a'shear leg.e,-er, are rear guys securing said mast, each ofsaid guys havinga turnbuckle e. Rigidlygsecured to the mastin termediate its ends, is a blockf to which is pivoted the hauling boom F. The pivoted eonnection'ean beofany form and is here in the form of a pin coupling f.' The upper endof this boom is supported bya guy f connected to the mast near the topthereof.

-- f, f are side guys connected to staples or eyes f.*,' f at the sidesof the boom-'and may besecured at their other ends at any. desiredpoint;

.The manner of supporting andarranging i the hauling boom, which 1semployed 1n hauling the logs to the cars, forms an important feature ofmy invention inasmuch as pivotally mounting it on the mast enables allstrain on the guys and connection at the mastto be compensated for andrelieved by the .fiexible coupling or joint. At the outer end of theboom, I suspend the sheave-block g through-which. the skidding 'orhauling 4 ropes G G and G pass. These ropes are wrapped around andactuated by the drums b, b and Z1 of the engine B and are adapted to becarried out to the logs in any desired and well known manner.

H is the hoisting-boom of the apparatus and is adapted for use inloading the logs onto the-cars. This boom, which is also preferably inthe form of a shear leg, is rigidly secured to the turntable I by theangular channel iron side pieces 2' and i, which pref-v erably extendthe length of the sides of such table.

it and h' are check-lines or cables for the boom which pass overguide-pulleys If and v secured to the companion drum 0* and passingaround the sheave k is 'secured'at is to theframe. Thus,-by winding inone rope with its drum and paying out the other rope, the'turntable andits boom may be swung as desired. i

To the outer endof-the boom H is secured one end of the guy cable J theother end being made fast to the top'of the mast.

The frame of the machine upon whiehall the mechanism is mounted isintended to be transferred to various points along the line of the car,and at a selected point of use, it is elevated to clear the car sothelogging cars may pass beneath the platform. To accomplish this raisingor jacking of the frame A, I em loy supports or legs which areindependen 3 adjustable, and the means for accomplishing such adjustmentforms an important feature of my invention. A long itudmal beam a-is'placed beneath each side of the platformand a, are blocks at each end ofsuch'platform.- The adjustable leg or jack M is arranged between theblocks a and rest on the ground blocks N. These acks or supporting legsare raised and lowered as follows: 1s a power shaftjournaled on andextending transversely of. the latform and is driven from the shaft 1) 0engme B, through-the meshing gears b, b?.. b is a friction-clutch forthrowing the gears into and out of operation. At one end of the shaft 0is the drive pinion o meshing with the gears p and 1) fast on thesprocket shafts] P and P respectively, 1 carrying sprockets p and 1). Atthe opposite end of the shaft are the sprockets and g connected by thedrive chain or driving the sprockets g and g. 1* an p and g and g arethe four sprocketchains which respectively pass over the large sprocketwheels R, R and S, S mounted on the short worm shafts m, and s a, eachof which shafts passes through the sleeve-of its res ective jack andengages through the bevele gearmg V with the vertical lifting screw W tomove the tubular sleeve u and down the standard portion M of t e jack.Thus,- when the friction clutch b is set and the drum 5 is driven,thesupports of jacks will\ be raised or lowered,as desired, mechanism justdescribed. Thus, it will be seen that in additionto operating theskidding lines, the engine B is used to actuate the jack raising andlowering mechanism at any time, and when the frame has been suitab yplaced and the jacks suitably adjusted,

the friction clutch can be thrown out and.

one of the 'skiddinglines operated by the drum 6' j 2 As the engines Band C are of a well known type,-they need not be described here,

although I might state that the various drums-of the engine are operatedby friction devices, and are controlled by brakes after the manner usualin engines of this char The loadin line T which passes acter. throughthe sheavelock t at the end of the loading boom is operated from themain drum c of the engine C.

The operation of tus and the purposes it is intended to serve, aresubstantially the same as shown in the patent to Miller 8a.Dickinson No.726325 dated April 28, 1903, my invention appertains to certainimprovements in the structural features of said patent, so it isunnecessary to describe the' operation of the machine as a'ivhole, as itwill be readily understood by those skilled in the ai t.

Having thus described -my invention, what I claim is:

1. In a log hauling and loading machine as the combination with ama'st,an upper boom through the this improved appara-= flexibly coupled tosaid mast, a turntable, a boom, and side angle-irons connecting the boomwith the turn-table.

2.. In alog hauling and loading machin the combination of a mast, aturntable, a 7n boom rigid with the turntable, a. hauling boomflexihly'connected to the mast intermediate its end, a power mechanismmount ed on the. frame for operating the turntablea I V I .3 In alog-hauling and loading machine, the combination with the frame thereof,means for raising and lowering the frame, of a turn-table mounted onsaid frame, a mast, a boom flexibly connected to said mast sointermediate the ends of the latter, a loading boom, and sideangle-irons rigidlyconnecting the boom to the turn-table;

4. In a log haulingand loadin machine the combination with the frametereof, of a mast, a turntable, a loading-boom, means rigidly securingthe loadin' boom'to the turntable, a hauling boom exibly coupled to themast, an engine, andmeans driven by. and controlled from the engine forno swinging said turntable.

5. In a log hauling and loading machine, the combination with the framethereof, of a mast, a turntable, an engine having a lurality of drums, aloading boom, 21 loa ing line connected to the boom,' and actuated fromthe engine, a fiexiblehoisting boom, a skidding or hauling lineconnected to said boom, an engine for operating said hauling lineand-guides for both the loading boom and the hauling boom.

6. In a log hauling and loading machine the combination with the framethereof, a. mast, a hauling boom connected to the mast, 'a turntable onsaid frame, an engine having a 'plurality of drumsfa line extending fromthe drums to the turntable and adapted to be operated to swing saidtable. 7. The combination of aframe, a mast, a hauling boom flexibly.connected to the mast, {means for supporting said frame over a traih bfcars, power mechanism mounted on the frame foractuating such means toraise and lower the frame, a hauling or skidding lineoperatcd from thepower- 1 mechanism, a turntable, .a boom therefor,'. V. and an enginefor swinging the turntable. 8..In combination, a portable frame, haulingand loading apparatus carried thereby, means for raising-and lowering 1the frame to permit the passage of a car thcrebcneath, a turntable, andmeans for 'operatingsaid turntable com rising an en inemounted on thetable, an lines secure to the drum of the engine atone end and to theframe at their opposite ends. 9; In a log hauling and loading machinethe combination with a fixed mast, a hauling boom flexibly connected tothe mast at approximately midway the length thereof,

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said turntable, an, engine, and rope connec- 'tions operated by theengine for swinging said turntable, means for supporting the frame in anelevated position over a train of cars. an engine mounted on the frameand connections between said engine and the frame supporting means foractuating the latter to raise and lower the frame.

10. In a log-hauling and loading maloat mg apparatns including aturn-table, a a hauling boom, flexibly supported tway the mast, aloading boom connected to the turn-table, of means for supporting theframe over a train of cars, and mechauism for operating the supportingmeans 1 hauling lines connected to said boom, an

engine for operating said hauling lines, a loading boom, a loading linesupported the combination with hauling and from said boom, an engine foro erating said loadmglme, a turntable, an a rope connection between theengine of the loading line and the frame, whereby said turntable may beswung as desired.

12. In combination a portable platform, mechanism for supporting it ovea train of cars, an engine, a mast, an upper hauling boom flexiblyconnected to the mast, a lower loading boom, 'a sheave near the'outerend of said lower loading boom, a turntable to which said boom issecured, and a swinging line extending from the engine to the platformand adapted when operated by the engine to swing said turntable.

13. The combination of a frame, a swinging loading boom, a mast, and arelatively short hauling boom pivoted to the fnast at a pointintermediate the ends of the latter.

14. The combination of a frame, means for elevating the frame to permitthe passage of a car therebeneath, a loading boom, a mast, and a haulingboom pivoted to the mast approximately midway of the latter.

in testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

\VILLIAM DEQUEDE.

Witnesses J. H. DICKINSON, JAY V. Bar'risr.

